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100 Francs - Ahmad II Bronze-gilt Essai
| Issuer | Tunisia |
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| Year | 1938 |
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| Value | 100 Francs (100 TNF) |
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| Obverse description | Central cartouche with Arabic inscriptions naming Ahmad Pasha, Muddat Bey of Tunisia, flanked on either side by stylized wheat ears and olive branches in high relief. The denomination of 100 francs is inscribed in Arabic within the cartouche, below which appears the word ESSAI in Latin characters and the Islamic year 1357 in Eastern Arabic numerals. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded inner border and an ornate outer milled rim. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Tunisia in 1938 was a French Protectorate, and Ahmad II ibn Ali served as Bey in a role that was largely ceremonial — real authority rested with the Résident Général in Tunis. Essais of this period were struck at the Paris Mint as trial pieces for proposed or approved coinage, and the bronze-gilt composition here is characteristic of Paris essai practice: a base metal planchet given a gold wash to approximate the appearance of a gold issue without the cost of full precious metal production.
Ahmad II died in 1942, having reigned only four years.